traición
betrayal
noun trah-ee-SYOHN Rare
Origin: from Latin traditio, 'handing over'
Also means
treason
Usage Note
Traición covers both personal betrayal (una traición de un amigo — a friend's betrayal) and political treason (alta traición — high treason). The plural traiciones shifts the accent to the penultimate syllable. The verb is traicionar; someone who commits traición is a traidor (m) or traidora (f).
Examples
"Sintió la traición como un golpe."
Natural Translation
He felt the betrayal like a blow.
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